stopover
[stop-oh-ver]
- a brief stop in the course of a journey, as to eat, sleep, or visit friends.
- such a stop made with the privilege of proceeding later on the ticket originally issued.
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Origin of stopover
First recorded in 1860–65; noun use of verb phrase stop over
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Contemporary Examples
What was once just a stopover point quickly became a destination in its own right.
After a stopover in Paris—she briefly worked as a subway busker, singing in Arabic for tips—Grout returned to Morocco.
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December 5, 2013
The cluster of 770 islands lying 300 miles off South America once served as a stopover for whale and seal hunters.
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February 8, 2012
Does your holiday travel include a stopover at an airport from hell?
Obama hugged Giannoulias at the president's stopover in Quincy, Illinois Wednesday.
Historical Examples
Almost all towns have stopover books nowadays, and a good thing, too.
StopoverWilliam Gerken
We are bound for San Francisco, with a stopover at Nagasaki.
At the Fall of Port ArthurEdward Stratemeyer
She had learned that the tickets permitted a stopover in Vienna.
The Slim PrincessGeorge Ade
They mean to swim to the island opposite without any stopover, and are watched by an admiring crowd of youngsters.
CampingAlexandra G. Lockwine
Benefits resulting from the stopover in the Indies were countered by the considerable exposure to tropical infections.
Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699Thomas P. Hughes
stopover
- a stopping place on a journey
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- (intr, adverb) to make a stopover
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Word Origin and History for stopover
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